Re: Naptha

["Glen Boren" <firegod@kansas.net>]

A quick search of the internet , Zippo lighter fluid is 100% naptha so I
would say it is a thinner and highly flammable. Bad stuff to mess with.
Glen Boren

----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Evanhoe <gangster@oio.net>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 10:32 AM
Subject: Naptha


> Glen,
>
>  >>At 10:50 AM 6/5/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >Cookie, I thought that Naptha was a thickener.  I seem to recall that
> >naptha is the NA is Napalm (Naptha-Palmitic,If my addled brain is still
> >working)that was added to gasoline as the thickener.  Granted that
> >gasoline and diesel have different properties and flash points, but
> >wouldn't it thicken both?  I'm trying to remember the various additives
in
> >US diesel fuel for use in normal and arctic type environments,
> >unfortumately, I can't for the life of me remember what the additives are
> >right now.
> >Glen <<
>
> Now I'm confused.  I remember (from college chemistry days) Naptha as a
> thin liquid and that it had to be thickened for use in Napalm.  Could
> easily be wrong.
>
> Regards
>
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